Archives for: "June 2007"
Jun
28
2007
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A coworker sent me a link to this article on the Onion. I've been that guy. It's so true, though. You menu clickers are frittering away precious seconds of your life. I posted about one of my favorites a few weeks ago. If I learn a few more… more »
Jun
22
2007
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney likes his office to operate in secret, starting from his second week as Vice President. Now this:
For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has resisted routine oversight of his office’s handling of classified information, and when the… more »
Jun
20
2007
Prius mileage
For the first 10,000 miles my fuel economy on the Prius was around 39 mpg. Since then it's gone up steadily until it hit about 45 mpg. I reset the counter and paid a bit more attention to how I was driving for 2 tanks of gas and this is where it ended… more »
Jun
19
2007
Nations that don't use the metric system
That's Burma, Liberia, and the US.
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Jun
18
2007
Slaughterhouse-five
I started reading Slaughterhouse-five on Friday night and finished it on Sunday afternoon. It's about a man that comes unstuck in time and experiences his life in a random order. Part of the story follows him through the allied fire-bombing of… more »
Jun
14
2007
Adrian Journal 2.0
This week we launched the redesign of AdrianJournal.com. The site is now powered by Drupal and features a modern look, online classifieds, more interactive features and larger photos (click on the thumbnails). It's much easier to update than the old… more »
Jun
13
2007
Fake company names
I needed to come up with a list of fake company names for a demo site at work. I started making up company names, but then I realized that there are plenty of company names in popular works of fiction. I found a few lists online and compiled my… more »
Jun
12
2007
GMaps feature request
Google, I'm going to give you an idea. I won't even charge you the normal consulting fee you pay when you ask me for ideas. This one's on the house. I like how I can get directions from one point to another and I like how I can search an area of the… more »
Jun
12
2007
Camino and Firefox tip
I was already planning on posting this tip, but it's also relevant to Dave's question. He's right, Firefox's method for searching within a page is very nice. You type cmd+F (or ctrl+F on Windows) and a little bar appears at the bottom of the page. In… more »
Jun
10
2007
Powell: Close Guantanamo
Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell was on Meet the Press today. Here's this retired four-star general's view of the detention center in Guatanamo Bay, Cuba:
If it was up to me, I would close Guantanamo. Not tomorrow, but this afternoon.… more »
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